And so, I had a good feeling about the Muslim’s behavior in Turkey, on the other hand, I was disappointed at the social stagnation in Cairo.

However, I was attracted to the personality of the each local guide in the two countries.

I visited Bosnia and Herzegovina half a year ago.

And I knew the misery of Muslim who received ethnic cleansing.

I visited Casablanca half a month ago and the citizen were seen being bursting with vitality and resting together with family in the holiday.

I visited the Moslem countries and felt that Islam isn’t the root of the evil.

私が今感じていること

５年前、エジプトとトルコを１３日間旅行し、トルコではイスラム教徒の立ち振る舞いに好感を持ち、カイロでは社会の低迷ぶりに失望した。

しかし、一方で私は両国の現地ガイドの人柄が惹かれた。

半年前にボスニア・ヘルツゴビナを訪れ、民族浄化を受けたイスラム教徒の悲惨さを知った。

半月前にカサブランカを訪れ、活気に溢れ、休日に家族で憩う市民の姿を見た。

私はイスラムの国々を訪問し、イスラム教が災いの根源では無いと感じた。

＜ 2. Saladin, a hero of Islam ＞

＜ ２． サラディン、イスラムの英雄 ＞

Purpose of this serialization

Most of the Middle East is the countries of Arab and Muslim, and in desert.

For Japanese people, the culture and religion of this area are heterogeneous, furthermore there is not almost the opportunity to know the history, and therefore we are hard to understand it.

As for books about the dispute of the Middle East and Islam, there are things being going to remove the misunderstanding of it and a lot of things inciting uneasiness, and rather the influence by the latter is bigger.

Furthermore, it is difficult for us to know the truth if large countries having interests in it control the information.

The people must be stimulated by the most recent miserable news.

By enriching our understanding about the dispute and confusion of the Middle East, I want to help to remove the prejudice and misunderstanding against the Middle East.

この連載の目的

中東の多くは、イスラム教徒であるアラブ人の国で砂漠です。

日本人にとっては、この地の文化や宗教は異質であり、ましてその歴史を知る機会は無く、理解し難い。

巷に溢れる中東の紛争やイスラムの本には、誤解を解こうとするものもあるが、不安を煽るものも少なくなく、むしろこの影響の方が大きい。

さらに、利害がからむ大国が情報操作しているとしたら、我々が真実を知ることは難しい。

どうしても、人々は直近の悲惨なニュースに刺激されてしまいます。

私は、中東の混乱と紛争への理解を深め、偏見と誤解を取り除く手助けをしたい。

＜ 3. Bin Laden ＞

＜ ３． ビンラディン ＞

Fear to a heterogeneous thing

“Islam is stagnating the society”

” Muslim is belligerent”

Does Islam really cause the social stagnation and dispute?

The people of the world live a life with faith every day.

The religion was making a great contribution in humanity until now.

On the other hand, it often caused disaster.

Therefore we want to enrich our understanding about Islam by comparing it with other religion.

異質なものへの恐れ

「イスラム教が社会を停滞させている」

「イスラム教徒は好戦的である」

本当にイスラム教が社会の停滞や紛争を招いているのだろうか？

世界中の人々は日々、信仰と共に暮らしています。

これまで宗教は人類社会に多大な貢献をして来ました。

一方で災いを招くこともありました。

そこで、他の宗教と比べながらイスラム教への理解を深めます。

＜ 4. The Iraqi War ＞

＜ ４． イラク戦争 ＞

Reality and background of the dispute of the Middle East

I introduce the scene of the dispute of the Middle East, and I introduce the difficult situations and opinions of people living there.

In addition, I will approach the refugees, suicide bombing, and Islamic extremists.

I chase these disputes of Syria, Iraq, and Palestine mainly.

By the pursuit of the history of Middle Eastern countries for 1-2 centuries, I prove the cause and background of these disputes.

In addition, by comparing it with representative dispute and social stagnation of the world, the problem that keeps happening in the Middle East will become clear.